Hide apply button during record submission

Hello Jeff, there is a special parameters group in your submission-form template. See here:
YourType -> General Parameters -> Templates -> Submission Form (click edit button)

Or do you want to distinguish betweeen "new submission" and "edit" };)

pepperstreet Or do you want to distinguish betweeen "new submission" and "edit" };)

Yes :-)

Jeff Yes :-)

I knew it... ;)
Can't recall it, but there was a variable that indicates a new item, IMHO. But I could be wrong.

Anyways, you should be able to distinguish the context by the missing/empty record ID. A new submission does not have an ID.

Neither in URL and form

$this->form->getInput('id')

Nor in

$this->item->id

BTW, you can find a suitable IF ELSE example in the default.php form template. See around line 170++.
This is reponsible for the dynamic heading text:

<?php if($this->item->id):?>
    <?php echo JText::sprintf('CTEDIT', $this->escape($this->type->name), $this->item->title); ?>
<?php else: ?>
    <?php echo JText::sprintf('CTSUBMIT', $this->escape($this->type->name)); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Edit an existing record:

Submitting a new record:

Later on below, the buttons are loaded as a sub_template from form template default.php
So you might have to override that file, check for record ID and load your own button sub_template.
Or override the buttons template directly.

Hope this helps.

pepperstreet BTW, you can find a suitable IF ELSE example in the default.php form template. See around line 170++.

Ah, thank you pepperstreet. I used that one in my buttons template override.

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